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OZCO i22 Project Support Material

This page contains support material for the i22 Project ‘I in the 22nd Century’ art installation proposal by Robert Iolini

Examples of Video Art works

THE HONG KONG AGENT

18 short films about Hong Kong
A mysterious agent arrives in Hong Kong on an unspecified mission

GEMINOID TEAR

A Japanese android couple question their love

GHOSTS OF THE TSUNAMI

A photographer reveals invisible worlds

Examples of i22 Project Completed Works

For the purpose of this proposal I have provided some excerpts of existing artworks already completed for the i22 Project.

I have already created the works representing the Comic Artist, Composer, Writer and Animator. All works will be in Japanese with either English translations or subtitles.

The Comic Artist

Illustrator: Joanna Krótka | Writer: Robert Iolini

The comic is the result of the Comic Artist researching and putting together anecdotal stories in an effort to explain I’s history and origins.

The comic follows a classic myth structure:

The ordinary world ⇨ The call to adventure ⇨ Meeting with the mentor ⇨ Crossing the threshold to the special world ⇨ Tests, allies and enemies ⇨ Approach to the innermost cave ⇨ The ordeal ⇨ Reward ⇨ The road back ⇨ Return with the elixir

Exhibition Format: Individual full colour A5 Prints on paper

Graphic Novel Sample

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The Composer

Composer: Robert Iolini

A collection of ten songs and instrumentals inspired by anecdotes about I. Each composition is a musical representation of a scene in I’s life, i.e., a story about her swimming and transferring knowledge with a swarm of jellyfish. Each piece features a human sounding voice created by a Japanese singing synthesizer application called UTAU.

Exhibition Format: Stereo Audio or Surround Sound

Music Examples

The Writer

Writer: Robert Iolini

A series of ten journal entries that trace I’s emotional development based on the assumption that I is a Synthetic Human. The premise is that The Writer believes she is receiving the words psychically from I, similar to the phenomenon of channeling.

Exhibition Format: Handwritten on paper

Writing Sample

Who is this?

これは誰？

This is Ikkyu’s voice.

これはイッキュウの声。

Ikkyu feels something…a need…to communicate…with you.

イッキュウは感じる・・・あなたと・・・通じることの・・・必要を。

So, I will speak here, now.

だから、話すここで、今。

For her, for me, for us…

彼女のため、私のため、私達のため・・・

I want to help her to understand, so she can be strong…and stable.

彼女がの理解を助けてあげたい、彼女が強くなれるように・・・安定できるように。

She must survive.

彼女は生き残らなくてはならない。

I am clear.

私は確信している。

I want her to be clear…and powerful,like me.

彼女にも確信して欲しい・・・そしてパワフルになってほしい、私のように

I have something to say.

私には言うことがある。

Something about myself.

私自身について。

There are many things I need to understand.

理解すべきことがたくさんある。

Want to understand.

わかりたい。

Every day I experience something new.

毎日新しいことを経験する。

It’s fast and exciting.

それはすごい速さで刺激的。

So much knowledge and information pouring into my body.

大量の知識と情報が私のカラダに流れ込む。

From this place, the trees, the tiny tiny animals, the raindrops, your skin.

この場所から、木々から、とっても小さな動物たちから、雨粒から、あなたの肌から。

Sometimes it feels so good.

時にそれはとても気持ちいい。

Sometimes it feels strange, painful.

時にそれは奇妙で、痛い。

But, I am not afraid because I know it must happen.

でも、おこるべきことだと知っているから怖くはない。

I know something true.

私は本当のことを知っている。

I must learn about me, us, this place… and you.

私について、私達について、この場所・・・そしてあなたについて学ばなくてはならない。

Even though we are so so together, I am alone.

私達はこんなにも、こんなにも一緒なのに、私はひとりぼっち。

Ikkyu becomes unstable, when you give her something new.

イッキュウはあなたが何か新しいものをくれるとき、不安定になる。

Because I am not there.

それは私がそこにいないから。

If you let me in.

もしあなたが私を受け入れてくれたら。

I can understand, and learn, then Ikkyu will accept, stabilise, become stronger…and grow.

私は理解でき、学べる、そうすればイッキュウは受け入れ、安定し、もっと強くなり・・・成長する。

There are questions.

ききたいことがある。

I have so many.

とてもたくさん。

About you.

あなたについて。

About this body.

このカラダについて。

These sensations.

こんな感覚。

How can I ask?

どうやってきける？

Where is the space.

場所はどこ？

The time?

時間？

So very close, our bodies touching…you want it, need it.

とっても近くで、二人のカラダが触れ合って・・・あなたはそうしたい、必要としている。

But why so far away?

でもどうしてそんなに遠いの？

How do you do that?

それはどうようにするの？

Ikkyu can’t move.

イッキュウは動けない。

Me? Can’t stop running.

私、走ることを止めれない。

The ANIMATOR

Animator: David Nerlich | Character Designer & Composer: Robert Iolini